195
Rs. As. Ps,
Brought forward 61 0 0
(4) Railway freight from Bulsar station to Church-
gate station...........84 IS 0
(5) Brokerage fee of the Bombay dalal .... 41 00
(6) Transporting mango-baskets from Churcbgate
to Crawford Market........26 10 0
(7) Counting or weighing in Bombay..... 4 70
(8) Miscellaneous...........]•> 00
Total . 233T~0
Gross receipts from the sale of 120 baskets of
Mangoes despatched in instalments from 3-5-27
to 2-7-27............612 U 0
Net receipts „ #78 7 0
The total number of mangoes exported was 5791
or about 482 dozens. Thus the gross price of each lot
of 100 realised by this farmer comes to Rs. 5-7-6, or about
Rs. 5 J. * The net price per dozen comes to 10 annas 6
pies. In the absence of statistics of the average price per
dozen of mango-fruits, ruling in the Crawford market dur-
ing the year 1927, we are unable to find out the difference
between the producer's and the consumer's prices, as we
did in the case of paddy and gul.
It is, however, obvious that this farmer has been bene-
fited by undertaking the venture himself instead of
selling the produce of his garden for a lump sum.
He has realised Rs. 378/- whereas - he was offer-
ed Rs. 275/- or at the most Rs. soo/-. The difference
may be regarded as the remuneration for his own exertion.
It may be said that the value of the experience gained
is greater than the monetary profit. It is only by going
through the experience that one can become a large dealer
in marketing mangoes, or can easily manage a Co-opera-
tive Mango Sale Society.
i Our figure of gross receipts per 100 very nearly approaches the figure
(Rs. 6/-) given by the Mango Marketing Committee, as the receipts per
hundred fruits realised by a Konkani farmer.
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